..In conclusion, a history of tremor with sudden onset and spontaneous remissions along with distractibility and suggestibility on examination are good predictors of PT and help differentiate it from ET...

Rotigotine transdermal patch in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome

..6%), and akathisia (7.6%). Comparison of log-likelihood ratios revealed that age was a reliable predictor of Parkinsonism (P < 0.0001). TBZ is a safe and effective drug for the long-term treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorders...

..A minimum of 36 CAG repeats is usually reported in patients with clinical features of HD; 30 to 35 repeats represent an intermediate range. Here we report a 65-year-old male with autopsy-proven HD and 29 CAG repeats...

Short-term effects of tetrabenazine on chorea associated with Huntington's disease

..2 hours to a maximum of 8.1 hours (mean = 5.4 +/- 1.3). No patient experienced an adverse event related to TBZ or its withdrawal. During short-term follow-up after a single dose, TBZ improves chorea for approximately 5 hours...

Is history of depression a contraindication to treatment with tetrabenazine?

..We report a patient with bilateral PPN infarcts whose dominant clinical feature was freezing of gait, thus providing evidence that PPN is involved in human locomotion and that damage to the PPN may lead to abnormal gait...